A vulnerability has been found in Hercules Augeas 1.14.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function re_case_expand of the file src/fa.c. The manipulation of the argument re leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Augeas
  • Augeas

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/issues/852 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/issues/852#issue-2905999609 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2588 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.300568 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.300568 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.517281 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2588 cve-icon
History

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Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Low

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Augeas
Augeas augeas
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Augeas
Augeas augeas

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description A vulnerability has been found in Hercules Augeas 1.14.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function re_case_expand of the file src/fa.c. The manipulation of the argument re leads to null pointer dereference. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Title Hercules Augeas fa.c re_case_expand null pointer dereference
Weaknesses CWE-404
CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2025-03-21T12:00:10.758Z

Updated: 2025-03-21T17:24:55.111Z

Reserved: 2025-03-21T06:32:24.166Z

Link: CVE-2025-2588

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-21T17:24:50.997Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-21T12:15:26.553

Modified: 2025-04-01T20:24:28.240

Link: CVE-2025-2588

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-03-21T12:00:10Z

Links: CVE-2025-2588 - Bugzilla